More New Sloan

Sloan are offering another track of their upcoming 30-track opus, Never Hear the End of It (due September 19, in Canada at least). Penned by resident ham Chris Murphy, “Fading into Obscurity” is an opus in its own right, and sort of feels like the whole of 1999’s Between the Bridges shrunk down into one 4:18 song. It’s starts off slow and dreamy, then makes right turn into “All the Young Dudes” descending chord progression territory before taking a couple more musical bends in the road. Murphy’s self-depricating wordplay is also in full effect: "For that matter, this cake is baked but I much prefer the batter / perhaps in part because it had so much potential / to be delicious and still be influential."

Any more baking secrets, Chris? Between this and “Who Taught You to Live Like That?”, Never Hear the End of It seems to have the makings of a return to form – at least for those who were nonplussed with Sloan’s last album.

Meanwhile, the band has released the full tracklisting for Never Hear the End of It, which will be one CD but a double on vinyl:

1. Flying High Again2. Who Taught You To Live Like That?3. I’ve Gotta Try4. Everybody Wants You5. Listen To The Radio6. Fading Into Obscurity7. I Can’t Sleep8. Someone That I Can Be True With9. Right Or Wrong10. Something’s Wrong11. Ana Lucia12. Before The End Of The Race13. Blackout14. I Understand15. You Know What It’s About16. Golden Eyes17. Can’t You Figure It Out?18. Set In Motion19. Love Is All Around20. Will I Belong?21. Ill Placed Trust22. Live The Life You’re Dreaming Of23. Living With The Masses24. HFXNSHC25. People Think They Know Me26. I Know You27. Last Time In Love28. It’s Not The End Of The World29. Light Years30. Another Way I Could Do It

If you look closely at that vinyl sequencing diagram, you’ll notice each song has a color next to it, which I’m guessing is for who wrote what, which should put the song count at:

The song sequencing is actually:
Red = Chris (13)
Blue = Andrew (8)
Yellow = Jay (5)
Green = Patrick (4)
(I did an interview with Jay a few weeks ago in which he mentioned who(m?) will have what and how many: HERE).
cheers!
– Beth